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Chicago examiner vol xiii no 204 a m tuesday Chicago august 17 1915 tuesday sxt&txt-kd 0 8 patent utile price one cent " l^3s d sf^gkh leo frank is kidnaped from prison mexicans invade texas one u s trooper killed in battle fighting is raging funston sends aid two hundred and seventy-five mexicans cross rio grande at progreso clash with troop c of twelfth cavalry regiment navy department rushes battle ships louisiana and new hamp shire to vera cruz anti foreign sentiment is growing browijsville texas aug 16 â€” two hundred and seventy armed mexican soldiers crossed . the rio grande at progreso near mercedes pumping plant at 9 o'clock to-night and were at tacked by troop c twelfth cav ahy commanded by second lieu tenant henry in the battle which followed private wehiman was killed and lieutenant henry seriously wounded at 10 o'clock the fighting was still going on a : large force of mexicans has been seen on the opposite bank of the i river and more troops are being rushed to the scene * by international news service washington aug 16 â€” the navy department to-day sent rush orders by wireless to the battleships lou isiana and new hampshire to proceed at once to vera cruz the battle ships sailed from newport r 1 for southern waters several days ago on receipt of new*s that there had been an anti-foreign demonstration in vera cruz it was then intended that they bhould go to guantanamo cuba where they would be within easy reach if their services were needed unrest in vera cruz the action of the department to day was taken on the receipt of dis patches that the situation ln vera i cruz was unsatisfactory the de partment was informed that although the city appears quiet on the surface there is much anti-foreign sentiment with the constant possibility that an outbreak will occur the warships are commanded by rear admiral walter mclean com mander of the fourth battleship di vision another vessel of this divi sion the battleship connecticut is now in haiti take places of gunboats the official reason for the orders to the louisiana and new hampshire ls that they are to take the place of the gunboats sacramento and mari etta the sacramento with the bra elllan minister to mexico on board is now off the mouth of the missis sippi river waiting for the weather to subside to permit it to pass up to new orleans the battleships are due at vera cruz wednesday on their arrival the marietta will sail for progreso in answer to appeals from the inter dational harvester company and , ' '- ; importers who complain that sisal cargoes are being held up the state department is now await ing replies to the appeal of the pan american conference to the mexican leaders to establish peace in the re public so far it has had no official word that the appeal has been re ceived by the chiefs of the principal actions the only word received up the weather Chicago and vicinity â€” cloudy and cooler to-day to morrow partly cloudy and con tinued cool moderate to fre-sh northcrtht itnls yesterday's temperatures highest 84 lowest 70 average 76 mob in autos takes prisoner wires cut overpower warden posse is organized hastily at milledge ville ga state farm to follow crowd fleeing with the convicted slayer of mary phagan fate of the captive unknown officials look toward marietta.girl's home town by international news service atlanta ga aug 16 â€” there is an uncon firmed rumor that frank has been lynched near macon milledgeville ga august 16 leo m frank was kidnaped from the milledgville state farm penitentiary to-night by twenty-five men who rode up to the institution overpowered warden smith and took frank out under the eyes of the guards fleeing with him in automobiles frank's fate is unknown immediately following the raid on the prison the larm was spread by telephone to the nearby sections and efforts were made to organize a posse to go in pursuit of the kidnapers attention was immediately directed to the town of marietta a suburb of atlanta where mary phagan the victim of the mur der of which frank was convicted lived and was buried since the first attempt on frank's life on july 18 numerous re ports have been spread of organized movements fostered in differ ent parts of georgia to inflict summary punishment on the prisoner in marietta a society of citizens was formed each member of which voted never to desist from the sworn determination of the organization to see that frank was put to death official vigilance lax the most violent previous attack upon frank was made by william creene a convict under life sentenc who stabbed frank in the jugular vein in o futile attempt to take frank's life the men in to-night's mob were all fully armed prior to the attack the wires leading into the prison itself had been cut and the delay in spreading the alarm was due to the necessity for searching the neighborhood for an available telephone the kidnapers fled in the direction of eatonton the plotters evidently chose well the hour for carrying out their scheme for official vigilance had been lax owing to the continued in activity of persons suspected of having designs on prank's life frank himself fully conscious of the enmity which continued to exist throughout the state bore himself boldly at the prison it was to his courage that the physicians ascribed his recovery from the wounds in flicted on him by his fellow prisoner green frank even when infrmed that hi chances for life were slim maintained the same cool demeanor that characterized his conduct during his thirty-day trial and during the many months in which he fought his case to the highest court of th united states it was ln discussing the green attack that frank after saying he was sorry for his assailant uttered the words that now seem prophetic i am sorry for green as for me 1 have nothing to fear i am ready to meet my maker at any time history of the case it was on april 28 1913 that mary phagan fourteen years old was paid her wages by manager leo frank of the national pencil factory at atlanta next morning about 3:30 o'clock mary phagau's body was found in th basement of the factory by lhe negro watchman newton lee notes were found near ber body but their authorship vas in doubt after n long and bitte trial leo lru-ik \ as convicted of the mur jer on august i\i 1913 the chiet witueos ug-.uist frank was a negro watchman jim couley who testified that at frank's dictation he had writ ten the notes found near the girl's body he was sentenced to hang a motion for a new trial was denied and frank's lawyers appealed the case and carried it to the state supreme court which on february 17 19 14 denied him a new trial one week later on february 24 jim conley was convicted as an ac cessory after the fact of the murder and sent to the penitentiary for a year he has served his time and is at liberty i on march 7 1914 frank was again sentenced to hang a second motion german subsea craft bombards 3 british towns fires started in parton harring ton and whitehaven with little damage by international news service london aug 16 â€” the press bu reau announces that a german sub marine bombarded parton harring ton and whitehaven to-day these three towns are close together on the cumberland coast of the irish sea it is stated that the damage is im material and that there were no cas ualties the text of the admiralty statement follows a german submarine fired several shells at parton harrington and whitehaven between 4:30 and 6:30 a m to-day the damage was imma terial a few shells hit the railway embankment to the north of parton i and the train service was delayed slightly fires were caused at white haven and harrington but these were soon extinguished there were no casualties morgan feeling fine at office unguarded by international news service new york aug 16 denying all reports that he would be carefully guarded hereafter j p morgan to day returned alone to his office mor gan arrived in a limousine and showed no effects of the bullet wound inflicted by erich meunter alias prank holt he was greeted by h p davidson and other members of his firm and then went to his private office where he found a number of congratulatory telegrams and letters he said he was feeling fine candy stick explodes child's dress fired bv international news service st paul aug 16 candy was placed to-day in the explosive class marcella schmidt of this city was the possessor of an all day sucker that had the added attraction of being a sparkler sucker a new variety after ihe candy had been pretty well sucked from the stick it was claimed a match touched to said stick would produce a pyrotechnic display mar cella followed instructions the candy stick exploded the child was badly burned 4,000 price on d'annunzio's head by international news service milan aug 16 â€” a dispatch from zurich says the austrian government has put a price of 4,000 on the head of gabriele d'annunzlo who dropped bulletins from an aeroplane over trieste german landing in finland imminent by international news service london aug 16 â€” a dispatch from stockholm to the morning post says a landing of german troops on the finnish coast is expected balkans are swinging to allies aid greek cabinet resigns as war party shows majority by elect ing new chief â€” â€” â€” roumania prepares for war ser bia may yield macedonia bulgarian decision is near by international news service athens august 16 the bal kan situation reached a cli max to-day which ls expected to draw the balkan states into the war within a few days at the meeting of the greek cham ber of deputies to-day former premier venizelos an adherent of the allies cause won a complete victory by the election of m zavetzanos an ad herent of venizelos as president this action was followed by the re signation of the gournaris govern ment which was discredited at the recent elections m zavetzanos received 182 votes against 93 for the government's can didate victory for venizelos party is expected to bring greece into the leadership in composing the differ ences among other balkan states and align them as a unit london aug 16 â€” reports from all the balkan capitals foreshadow an early adjustment of the balkan situation in which mutual conces sions will unite bulgaria serbia rou mania and greece on the side of the allies it was intimated that arrangements with turkey had been definitely aban doned and that turkey was awaiting bulgaria's intervention as an oppor tnuity to sue for peace turkey it is said was hopeless in defense against bulgaria for lack of munitions reports from nish indicated that serbia was now willing to concede a portion of macedonia to bulgaria for an equivalent on her western bor der dispatches from paris confirm rou mania's preparations for war it has summoned ten classes of her army called out the reserves and taken other measures her alignment with the allies is considered a certainty ln french diplomatic circles bernhardt appears at patriotic fete by international news service pakis aug 16 â€” mme sarah bern hardt yesterday made her first pub lice appearance since the amputation of her leg at bordeaux the occa sion was a patriotic festival the diva reciting a poem entitled a prayer for our enemies from a new play by louis payer she received a magnificent and touching ovation galveston is flooded 7,000 flee sea wall keeps huge waves from city hurricane sweeps over towns on the gulf one death is reported on the texas coast jamaica tourists resorts are badly damaged by international news service houston tex aug 16 with the wind blowing seventy-five miles an hour water filling the streets and â€¢ the light power plant out of service the people of galveston are fleeing from the city on every train practically every town along the texas gulf coast reports similar con ditions hurricane still rages at 10 o'clock to-night galveston was still reported in the throes of the hurricane but the sea-wall and causeway were still holding still no serious property damage was reported and not a life had been reported lost apparently the only loss of life in the hurricane was that of a negress killed by a live wire in houston conflicting reports are received as to whether all of the citizens of sabine and sabine pass left those cities their joint population amounts to 1,100 and at port arthur report is that some 600-odd remained in their residences both the western union and the posta telegraph companies closed their offices at 5:30 p m quitting work when their offices were flooded there was three feet of water in the western union office to-night the streets of galveston are full of water and boats are going through them carrying families to positions of safety sea wall stands strain the water has not broken over the sea wall however and it has not been damaged according to galves ton reports by telephone the water backed into the streets from the lower end of the island besides the flood water the severe wind and rain made rail traffic to galveston over the causeway ex tremely hazardous all sunday night service was continued bringing ref ugees from galveston it is estimat ed that more than 7,000 have left the city beach front cottages were abandoned early to-day who for the main part left for houston or crowd ed hotels in the central part of gal veston marines die in storm washington aug 16 james f robinson of tjhrichsville ohio and b w ray of mississippi marines were washed overboard from the battleship new hampshire and drowned while the ship was sailing through a gulf hurricane somewhere south of the florida coast according to wireless dispatches received yesterday steamers not heard from new orleans aug 16 grand isle texas is reported under six feet of water in places as a result of the tropical storm that raged to day over a large part of the gulf of mexico grave fears are felt for several steamships that have not re ported relief boats are hurrying to the lower coast of louisiana tourists resorts damaged kingston jamaica aug 16 â€” latest news from the area most af fected by the recent storm shows that port antonio a favorite resort of american tourists was not particu larly damaged but that the town of port maria a little further on the seacoast was badly smashed the sea swept in and shattered over a hundred buildings many persons had miraculous escapes the total dead reported from neigh boring towns numbers fifteen home less families are seeking refuge in churches the weather at the fair san francisco aug 16 the weather in san francisco to-day was clear and cool maximum temperature 6 minimum last night ii two missiles puncture fender of car one grazes head of chauffeur a bullet hole in a windshield is the evidence that shows just how nar rowly miss june smith heiress appar ent to a million or so escaped death when lake forest policemen arrested her to the tune of revolver shots that same bullet hole will be the subject of a sharp inquiry when george sales a policeman of lake forest who is said to have fired the shots is called to the witness stand drawing a line straight back from the hole in the windshield past the seat that miss keith occupied it is clear that the bullet missed the pretty head of the actress by fewer inches than the fingers of one hand douglas smith of Chicago and hub bard woods the girl's wealthy father already has started an investigation and has employed an attorney it is said that charges may be filed against sales miss smith who also is a motion picture actress and known to movie fans as june keith was motoring toward waukeean the road was lonely the night dark it was fri day at the darkest part of the road a man leaped out before the automo bile and crif-d stop i thought he was a holdup miss smith snys he certainly acted like one and i could not see any star or other mark of authority what would any one have done under such circum stances lmt speed up and try to get away that's what i did but the bullets began to fly around us and they were coming closer two struck the rear fenders then one smashed through the glass shield i stopped then my chauffeur thomas scott was with me but i was driving he escaped even more narrowly than 1 did i think the other policeman with sales was thomas mcgulre the two hurried up and arrested miss smith and her chauffeur the charge was reckless driving the case was to have been heard saturday but miss smith's father purposing to take a hand in the case employed attorney h john son of glencoe and obtained a contin uance until next friday when there i will be questioning on both sides bullets peril movie star june keith taken as speeder policeman's shots halt car miss june smith june keith pfiolo sau xgttjett Chicago girl freed as spy frieda janssen a peacefully in clined school teacher whose home is at 7135 greenwood avenue knows what it is to be a prisoner of war held on suspicion of being a spy and confined in a little hut with an armed guard pacing up and down outside the door ready to shoot her down should she make a move to escape miss janssen's only offense was that she was born in germany and that she gave this information to a canadian soldier a week ago sat urday she along with colonel leroy t steward superintendent of mails in Chicago and several other mem bers of the prairie club of Chicago went on a fishing trip to agawa bay ontario when they crossed the boundary line into canada an armed outpost of canadian soldiers halted the party with leveled muskets and questioned them closely when asked where she was born miss janssen replied germany whereupon she was put in confine ment despite the protests of colonel steward later in the day higher officials were appealed to and miss janssen was set free and allowed to proceed on her way to the fishing camp continued on 2d page 2d column p i 1 extra j to rent flats the berwick 845-856 cornelia av 6 rooms tt â€ž f m steam 130-132 phone wellington 8673 i in litip 6 rms stm elec screened front rear porches j *â– / v hv cans 631(1 magnolia 2 biks lahe edee 3405 â€¢ kuhlet attractive modem 4 rooms newly deco -_ rated near jackson park i c and l ; concea c i _ l _ -- j slons 1225 e 66th st ist tel hyde park 5666 jti fl to rent 4 and 1 room modern light flats steam j i s\si i dlls-l heat 3417 jackson bird near garfield park only 25 to 35 see janitor 4519 michigan ar 7 rooms 2 baths 170.00 j\j wll ivllu 111 ci 4521 michigan at 6 rooms 2 baths 60.00 5008 vincennes av . 5 and 6 rooms 42.50 throughout the whole city of Chicago are rows of attract ive apartment buildings it would take you days and days to look at even half of them and yet when you're going to move you want to feel that you've had the op portunity oi seeing the vacancies in various sections that would meet your requirements there's a simple satis factory way to do this â€” read the flat to rent ads in the wta^^^mlntt w sÂ£l aa n d the few ads reprinted above are only suggestions of the variety and attractiveness of the apartments advertised daily 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Chicago examiner vol xiii no 204 a m tuesday Chicago august 17 1915 tuesday sxt&txt-kd 0 8 patent utile price one cent " l^3s d sf^gkh leo frank is kidnaped from prison mexicans invade texas one u s trooper killed in battle fighting is raging funston sends aid two hundred and seventy-five mexicans cross rio grande at progreso clash with troop c of twelfth cavalry regiment navy department rushes battle ships louisiana and new hamp shire to vera cruz anti foreign sentiment is growing browijsville texas aug 16 â€” two hundred and seventy armed mexican soldiers crossed . the rio grande at progreso near mercedes pumping plant at 9 o'clock to-night and were at tacked by troop c twelfth cav ahy commanded by second lieu tenant henry in the battle which followed private wehiman was killed and lieutenant henry seriously wounded at 10 o'clock the fighting was still going on a : large force of mexicans has been seen on the opposite bank of the i river and more troops are being rushed to the scene * by international news service washington aug 16 â€” the navy department to-day sent rush orders by wireless to the battleships lou isiana and new hampshire to proceed at once to vera cruz the battle ships sailed from newport r 1 for southern waters several days ago on receipt of new*s that there had been an anti-foreign demonstration in vera cruz it was then intended that they bhould go to guantanamo cuba where they would be within easy reach if their services were needed unrest in vera cruz the action of the department to day was taken on the receipt of dis patches that the situation ln vera i cruz was unsatisfactory the de partment was informed that although the city appears quiet on the surface there is much anti-foreign sentiment with the constant possibility that an outbreak will occur the warships are commanded by rear admiral walter mclean com mander of the fourth battleship di vision another vessel of this divi sion the battleship connecticut is now in haiti take places of gunboats the official reason for the orders to the louisiana and new hampshire ls that they are to take the place of the gunboats sacramento and mari etta the sacramento with the bra elllan minister to mexico on board is now off the mouth of the missis sippi river waiting for the weather to subside to permit it to pass up to new orleans the battleships are due at vera cruz wednesday on their arrival the marietta will sail for progreso in answer to appeals from the inter dational harvester company and , ' '- ; importers who complain that sisal cargoes are being held up the state department is now await ing replies to the appeal of the pan american conference to the mexican leaders to establish peace in the re public so far it has had no official word that the appeal has been re ceived by the chiefs of the principal actions the only word received up the weather Chicago and vicinity â€” cloudy and cooler to-day to morrow partly cloudy and con tinued cool moderate to fre-sh northcrtht itnls yesterday's temperatures highest 84 lowest 70 average 76 mob in autos takes prisoner wires cut overpower warden posse is organized hastily at milledge ville ga state farm to follow crowd fleeing with the convicted slayer of mary phagan fate of the captive unknown officials look toward marietta.girl's home town by international news service atlanta ga aug 16 â€” there is an uncon firmed rumor that frank has been lynched near macon milledgeville ga august 16 leo m frank was kidnaped from the milledgville state farm penitentiary to-night by twenty-five men who rode up to the institution overpowered warden smith and took frank out under the eyes of the guards fleeing with him in automobiles frank's fate is unknown immediately following the raid on the prison the larm was spread by telephone to the nearby sections and efforts were made to organize a posse to go in pursuit of the kidnapers attention was immediately directed to the town of marietta a suburb of atlanta where mary phagan the victim of the mur der of which frank was convicted lived and was buried since the first attempt on frank's life on july 18 numerous re ports have been spread of organized movements fostered in differ ent parts of georgia to inflict summary punishment on the prisoner in marietta a society of citizens was formed each member of which voted never to desist from the sworn determination of the organization to see that frank was put to death official vigilance lax the most violent previous attack upon frank was made by william creene a convict under life sentenc who stabbed frank in the jugular vein in o futile attempt to take frank's life the men in to-night's mob were all fully armed prior to the attack the wires leading into the prison itself had been cut and the delay in spreading the alarm was due to the necessity for searching the neighborhood for an available telephone the kidnapers fled in the direction of eatonton the plotters evidently chose well the hour for carrying out their scheme for official vigilance had been lax owing to the continued in activity of persons suspected of having designs on prank's life frank himself fully conscious of the enmity which continued to exist throughout the state bore himself boldly at the prison it was to his courage that the physicians ascribed his recovery from the wounds in flicted on him by his fellow prisoner green frank even when infrmed that hi chances for life were slim maintained the same cool demeanor that characterized his conduct during his thirty-day trial and during the many months in which he fought his case to the highest court of th united states it was ln discussing the green attack that frank after saying he was sorry for his assailant uttered the words that now seem prophetic i am sorry for green as for me 1 have nothing to fear i am ready to meet my maker at any time history of the case it was on april 28 1913 that mary phagan fourteen years old was paid her wages by manager leo frank of the national pencil factory at atlanta next morning about 3:30 o'clock mary phagau's body was found in th basement of the factory by lhe negro watchman newton lee notes were found near ber body but their authorship vas in doubt after n long and bitte trial leo lru-ik \ as convicted of the mur jer on august i\i 1913 the chiet witueos ug-.uist frank was a negro watchman jim couley who testified that at frank's dictation he had writ ten the notes found near the girl's body he was sentenced to hang a motion for a new trial was denied and frank's lawyers appealed the case and carried it to the state supreme court which on february 17 19 14 denied him a new trial one week later on february 24 jim conley was convicted as an ac cessory after the fact of the murder and sent to the penitentiary for a year he has served his time and is at liberty i on march 7 1914 frank was again sentenced to hang a second motion german subsea craft bombards 3 british towns fires started in parton harring ton and whitehaven with little damage by international news service london aug 16 â€” the press bu reau announces that a german sub marine bombarded parton harring ton and whitehaven to-day these three towns are close together on the cumberland coast of the irish sea it is stated that the damage is im material and that there were no cas ualties the text of the admiralty statement follows a german submarine fired several shells at parton harrington and whitehaven between 4:30 and 6:30 a m to-day the damage was imma terial a few shells hit the railway embankment to the north of parton i and the train service was delayed slightly fires were caused at white haven and harrington but these were soon extinguished there were no casualties morgan feeling fine at office unguarded by international news service new york aug 16 denying all reports that he would be carefully guarded hereafter j p morgan to day returned alone to his office mor gan arrived in a limousine and showed no effects of the bullet wound inflicted by erich meunter alias prank holt he was greeted by h p davidson and other members of his firm and then went to his private office where he found a number of congratulatory telegrams and letters he said he was feeling fine candy stick explodes child's dress fired bv international news service st paul aug 16 candy was placed to-day in the explosive class marcella schmidt of this city was the possessor of an all day sucker that had the added attraction of being a sparkler sucker a new variety after ihe candy had been pretty well sucked from the stick it was claimed a match touched to said stick would produce a pyrotechnic display mar cella followed instructions the candy stick exploded the child was badly burned 4,000 price on d'annunzio's head by international news service milan aug 16 â€” a dispatch from zurich says the austrian government has put a price of 4,000 on the head of gabriele d'annunzlo who dropped bulletins from an aeroplane over trieste german landing in finland imminent by international news service london aug 16 â€” a dispatch from stockholm to the morning post says a landing of german troops on the finnish coast is expected balkans are swinging to allies aid greek cabinet resigns as war party shows majority by elect ing new chief â€” â€” â€” roumania prepares for war ser bia may yield macedonia bulgarian decision is near by international news service athens august 16 the bal kan situation reached a cli max to-day which ls expected to draw the balkan states into the war within a few days at the meeting of the greek cham ber of deputies to-day former premier venizelos an adherent of the allies cause won a complete victory by the election of m zavetzanos an ad herent of venizelos as president this action was followed by the re signation of the gournaris govern ment which was discredited at the recent elections m zavetzanos received 182 votes against 93 for the government's can didate victory for venizelos party is expected to bring greece into the leadership in composing the differ ences among other balkan states and align them as a unit london aug 16 â€” reports from all the balkan capitals foreshadow an early adjustment of the balkan situation in which mutual conces sions will unite bulgaria serbia rou mania and greece on the side of the allies it was intimated that arrangements with turkey had been definitely aban doned and that turkey was awaiting bulgaria's intervention as an oppor tnuity to sue for peace turkey it is said was hopeless in defense against bulgaria for lack of munitions reports from nish indicated that serbia was now willing to concede a portion of macedonia to bulgaria for an equivalent on her western bor der dispatches from paris confirm rou mania's preparations for war it has summoned ten classes of her army called out the reserves and taken other measures her alignment with the allies is considered a certainty ln french diplomatic circles bernhardt appears at patriotic fete by international news service pakis aug 16 â€” mme sarah bern hardt yesterday made her first pub lice appearance since the amputation of her leg at bordeaux the occa sion was a patriotic festival the diva reciting a poem entitled a prayer for our enemies from a new play by louis payer she received a magnificent and touching ovation galveston is flooded 7,000 flee sea wall keeps huge waves from city hurricane sweeps over towns on the gulf one death is reported on the texas coast jamaica tourists resorts are badly damaged by international news service houston tex aug 16 with the wind blowing seventy-five miles an hour water filling the streets and â€¢ the light power plant out of service the people of galveston are fleeing from the city on every train practically every town along the texas gulf coast reports similar con ditions hurricane still rages at 10 o'clock to-night galveston was still reported in the throes of the hurricane but the sea-wall and causeway were still holding still no serious property damage was reported and not a life had been reported lost apparently the only loss of life in the hurricane was that of a negress killed by a live wire in houston conflicting reports are received as to whether all of the citizens of sabine and sabine pass left those cities their joint population amounts to 1,100 and at port arthur report is that some 600-odd remained in their residences both the western union and the posta telegraph companies closed their offices at 5:30 p m quitting work when their offices were flooded there was three feet of water in the western union office to-night the streets of galveston are full of water and boats are going through them carrying families to positions of safety sea wall stands strain the water has not broken over the sea wall however and it has not been damaged according to galves ton reports by telephone the water backed into the streets from the lower end of the island besides the flood water the severe wind and rain made rail traffic to galveston over the causeway ex tremely hazardous all sunday night service was continued bringing ref ugees from galveston it is estimat ed that more than 7,000 have left the city beach front cottages were abandoned early to-day who for the main part left for houston or crowd ed hotels in the central part of gal veston marines die in storm washington aug 16 james f robinson of tjhrichsville ohio and b w ray of mississippi marines were washed overboard from the battleship new hampshire and drowned while the ship was sailing through a gulf hurricane somewhere south of the florida coast according to wireless dispatches received yesterday steamers not heard from new orleans aug 16 grand isle texas is reported under six feet of water in places as a result of the tropical storm that raged to day over a large part of the gulf of mexico grave fears are felt for several steamships that have not re ported relief boats are hurrying to the lower coast of louisiana tourists resorts damaged kingston jamaica aug 16 â€” latest news from the area most af fected by the recent storm shows that port antonio a favorite resort of american tourists was not particu larly damaged but that the town of port maria a little further on the seacoast was badly smashed the sea swept in and shattered over a hundred buildings many persons had miraculous escapes the total dead reported from neigh boring towns numbers fifteen home less families are seeking refuge in churches the weather at the fair san francisco aug 16 the weather in san francisco to-day was clear and cool maximum temperature 6 minimum last night ii two missiles puncture fender of car one grazes head of chauffeur a bullet hole in a windshield is the evidence that shows just how nar rowly miss june smith heiress appar ent to a million or so escaped death when lake forest policemen arrested her to the tune of revolver shots that same bullet hole will be the subject of a sharp inquiry when george sales a policeman of lake forest who is said to have fired the shots is called to the witness stand drawing a line straight back from the hole in the windshield past the seat that miss keith occupied it is clear that the bullet missed the pretty head of the actress by fewer inches than the fingers of one hand douglas smith of Chicago and hub bard woods the girl's wealthy father already has started an investigation and has employed an attorney it is said that charges may be filed against sales miss smith who also is a motion picture actress and known to movie fans as june keith was motoring toward waukeean the road was lonely the night dark it was fri day at the darkest part of the road a man leaped out before the automo bile and crif-d stop i thought he was a holdup miss smith snys he certainly acted like one and i could not see any star or other mark of authority what would any one have done under such circum stances lmt speed up and try to get away that's what i did but the bullets began to fly around us and they were coming closer two struck the rear fenders then one smashed through the glass shield i stopped then my chauffeur thomas scott was with me but i was driving he escaped even more narrowly than 1 did i think the other policeman with sales was thomas mcgulre the two hurried up and arrested miss smith and her chauffeur the charge was reckless driving the case was to have been heard saturday but miss smith's father purposing to take a hand in the case employed attorney h john son of glencoe and obtained a contin uance until next friday when there i will be questioning on both sides bullets peril movie star june keith taken as speeder policeman's shots halt car miss june smith june keith pfiolo sau xgttjett Chicago girl freed as spy frieda janssen a peacefully in clined school teacher whose home is at 7135 greenwood avenue knows what it is to be a prisoner of war held on suspicion of being a spy and confined in a little hut with an armed guard pacing up and down outside the door ready to shoot her down should she make a move to escape miss janssen's only offense was that she was born in germany and that she gave this information to a canadian soldier a week ago sat urday she along with colonel leroy t steward superintendent of mails in Chicago and several other mem bers of the prairie club of Chicago went on a fishing trip to agawa bay ontario when they crossed the boundary line into canada an armed outpost of canadian soldiers halted the party with leveled muskets and questioned them closely when asked where she was born miss janssen replied germany whereupon she was put in confine ment despite the protests of colonel steward later in the day higher officials were appealed to and miss janssen was set free and allowed to proceed on her way to the fishing camp continued on 2d page 2d column p i 1 extra j to rent flats the berwick 845-856 cornelia av 6 rooms tt â€ž f m steam 130-132 phone wellington 8673 i in litip 6 rms stm elec screened front rear porches j *â– / v hv cans 631(1 magnolia 2 biks lahe edee 3405 â€¢ kuhlet attractive modem 4 rooms newly deco -_ rated near jackson park i c and l ; concea c i _ l _ -- j slons 1225 e 66th st ist tel hyde park 5666 jti fl to rent 4 and 1 room modern light flats steam j i s\si i dlls-l heat 3417 jackson bird near garfield park only 25 to 35 see janitor 4519 michigan ar 7 rooms 2 baths 170.00 j\j wll ivllu 111 ci 4521 michigan at 6 rooms 2 baths 60.00 5008 vincennes av . 5 and 6 rooms 42.50 throughout the whole city of Chicago are rows of attract ive apartment buildings it would take you days and days to look at even half of them and yet when you're going to move you want to feel that you've had the op portunity oi seeing the vacancies in various sections that would meet your requirements there's a simple satis factory way to do this â€” read the flat to rent ads in the wta^^^mlntt w sÂ£l aa n d the few ads reprinted above are only suggestions of the variety and attractiveness of the apartments advertised daily 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